@RPhupa @LilithLovett During Ma Ying-jeou we had more Chinese tourists and Chinese investments in real state but salaries were stagnant, average people weren't any better off than before or after he was in power.
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@Katheryn_Lin @LilithLovett KMT gov -> economy improves
DPP gov -> economy declives
Eventually what will the business elites in Taiwan crave for? That governement in where they profit more. Politics follow the money.
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Oh my God bruh stop talking about Taiwan.
Taiwanese people don’t want ‘unification’ either, we want the status quo of de facto independence.
The progressive, pro-independence party (DPP) has won three elections in a row, despite CPC spending billions on the pro-unification KMT.
hasanabi@hasanthehun
the us doesn’t want peaceful reunification. but they’re maybe too busy rn.
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@OrbitalPoop @seelie_savant It takes longer to lean but is not necessarily harder, literacy rates are very high in China, Taiwan and Japan despite they having to learn thousands of characters. I think compulsory education is what helped not the script or written system.
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@seelie_savant modern vietnamese uses a latin alphabet to help with literacy rates because chu nom is obviously harder to learn no?
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the way Asians didn’t even get to keep their language and that’s why tagalog and vietnamese use the Latin alphabet
Sheepy - ꦌꦣꦸꦱ꧀ - uh the islands or something@Sheep0092
"Oouuuuu Asia wasnt colonised rhey got to keep their language blah blah" How do you think the Dutch got the funds to build their cities? How do you think the first ever and STILL richest corporation got all its credit? Thin air? You think it was all God Gold and Glory?
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@RPhupa @LilithLovett That's how democracy works, people are tired of the dpp, doesn't mean they want reunification or closer ties with China.
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@LilithLovett DPP lost the majority of the parliament. KMT government next cycles is inevitable
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@RPhupa @T_connifer @LilithLovett They literally building bridge landing ships, modifying civilian ships for troops transport, they just commission a aircraft carrier called Fujian. They are no been subtile at all with their intentions.
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@T_connifer @LilithLovett Nope. China only see military intervention as last resort in case USA tries to make a move there.
The long-term plan is pull Taiwan to become economic dependent on them, which is already happening.
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@Aerem_13 @hasanthehun Doing mental gymnastics with 華人 and 中華民族 is not the counter you think it is. Everyone in Taiwan knows majority of us are ethnic Chinese and the country name is 中華民國 that doesn't mean people want reunification.
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@hasanthehun Here's my counter to the bs community note: eastisread.com/p/key-taiwan-p…
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the us doesn’t want peaceful reunification. but they’re maybe too busy rn.
Domino Theory@DominoTheoryMag
BREAKING: Taiwan's main opposition the KMT said on Monday that its chairwoman, Cheng Li-wun, has accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party’s Central Committee to lead a party delegation to China.
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@flaneur333 @stacycay @hasanthehun Most people in Taiwan would want to move toward eventual dejure independence if China wasn't threatening to star a war if we do so.
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@stacycay @hasanthehun bitch, they don't want independence either. that's only you who want bloodshed
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@LudwigAhgren In your defense she should have asked for 護照 instead of 證件 you guys are obviously foreign tourists.
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@heisei_ramen @Arin_Yumi That's not inherently American, the same happened in Nepal, Taiwan, Costa Rica just in recent years. Is the logical outcome of legislators being incapable of legislate for minorities that have the same rights according to the constitution.
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@Arin_Yumi Speaks to the Americanization of Japanese politics; bypassing the entire legal system to just hurl endless cases at the Supreme Court until you get a law you don't like struck down makes no sense in a country unless you have judicial supremacy.
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The Supreme Court of Japan will begin hearing arguments on Same-sex marriage.
Same-sex marriage is currently not legal in the country, and the Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the ban in the near future.
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The theme of the Xi being a "Fake" Gundam in appearance contrasting with the Penelope using the "traditional" face was set up in the first film.
MORGⱯN@adiposeadvent
this is so lame. what's even the point (selling toys is not a valid artistic motivator)
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@amulet_spad15 @ItsSchmittyyy_ And Felicia bad luck powers that she got from kingpin were sabotaging Peter.
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@ItsSchmittyyy_ Hell, the only reason Peter even gets aggressive is due to sleep depravation. Also I think it was worked as an allegory for addiction. I could be wrong.
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The Black Suit is the most misunderstood costume in Spider-Man’s history.
No it doesn’t not make Peter aggressive.
No it is not a slimy costume.
No Peter does not know it’s an alien and when he find out he immediately gets rid of it.
It’s no longer the alien after issue 258.
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@whenbatmenfly @vennniccce Even if you find one that have the 1.43:1. giant screen they may still use dual laser if they didn't keep the projector for one or two movies per year.
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@vennniccce Laser IMAX screen has an aspect ratio of 1.90:1 and 70mm ones have 1.43:1. Normal screens have aspect ratio of 2.39:1.
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There are only 30 locations in the world that have IMAX 70mm screen. Unfair.
CineVow@cinevow
Project Hail Mary in IMAX 70mm 🎥 Taylor Umphenour | IG
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@blagojevism She did change her surname to Bolsonaro, that's kinda original. OK never mind just found a Texan guy who changed his name to Ernesto Trump.
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I am a reactionary particularist when it comes to national pathologies. Every land should have its own spiritual and psychic disorders. Globalization has resulted in a sort of uniformity of freaks. This is something a right-wing student provocateur would do at Dartmouth.
Crazy Ass Moments in LatAm Politics@AssLatam
Fabiana Bolsonaro, Brazilian State MP, did blackface during a speech against transgender people in the State Assembly of São Paulo.
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People only like Gwen cause of the TASM movies where they made her Mary Jane
︎ ︎venom@venom1s
The problem with the modern world is that men want a girl like Gwen Stacy, while most girls are like Mary Jane. She couldn’t stay loyal even to Spider-Man. While Gwen always loved and supported him.
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@J3ff_K1ng @taicosama Is made out by Ai. 每 used to mean adult or married woman not vastness.
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@taicosama I mean she is kinda right in what the radicals are but the meaning and origin idk how true it is
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Most important kanji rule:
Do not trust anything a Japanese person tells you about character etymology
Nako 🌙🐈 JP Teacher 🇯🇵 1-on-1 Open!@NakoMoonVT
Why is "mother" (母) inside the Japanese kanji for "sea" (海)? 🌊🤱🇯🇵 I was curious about this too, so I looked it up! 海 is made of 氵 (water radical) and 毎 (every). If you look closely, 毎 contains the character for mother (母)! 🔎 Here’s the origin: In ancient times, 毎 depicted a mother wearing many hair ornaments. Because these ornaments were layered together, the character came to mean "dense," "vast," or "so deep that it looks dark." So, 海 represents water (氵) that is so deep and vast (毎) that you cannot see the bottom! 💡 Fun fact: While many believe it’s because "the sea is the mother of life," the original etymological reason is to describe the sea's incredible depth and darkness. 🌸✨
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@Visceral9000 Their horns has been use in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years, that's the main reason they were hunted to extinction in Vietnam very recently. Their range has been in decline for 3000 years.
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Never will forgive colonialism for absolutely eradicating most of the Javan rhinoceros population.
To the extent that they can only be found in one national park :(
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@Cyberberri I didn't consider that, in my case, I just looked like a gained a bit of weight don't think most people even notice the difference. Seems like for some people looking different on the mirror is a much bigger deal.
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@Katheryn_Lin i mean probs but when my face swells from electrolysis i refuses to show it to anyone until the swelling has totally gone down. even the tiniest bit of swelling makes me despise how i look completely due to it triggering dysmorphia stuff etc..
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Im not the biggest f1n fan & the outfit isnt great but isnt this to hide her face as she recovers from ffs? Like you can't blame someone for not wanting to show their swollen face whilst recovering from major surgery, even if its by hiding it with a dumb outfit
the melancholy of ishaani aitchteimelle@htmljones
the way f1nnster speaks in this very specific “formative years socialised by American Minecraft YouTubers” cadence where it veers between Psuedo-Boston Homer Simpson and RP. The new transatlantic
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@BFCVsf @FM199I @TheCinesthetic Still up, at least the 3h version from like 4 years ago. There is an older one on the internet archieve.
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@FM199I @TheCinesthetic I think YouTube purged it, sadly. At least the version I watched before is gone. Could get an earlier one on archive though
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Dune (1984) gets written off, even by Lynch, but the film’s worldbuilding is doing its own thing. Baroque sets, strange textures, and a future that feels alien in a way few sci-fi films even attempt. It’s rough, but there’s nothing else like it.
cinesthetic.@TheCinesthetic
What is the most unfairly hated movie that you will defend every time
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@RawbertBeef Hope we get a variation of this, but there aren't that many characters whom where close to Peter beside MJ and Ned.
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To the people saying we’re going to get this moment…
Why? I don’t think Hulk and Spider-Man have ever met. Anything’s possible though, I guess.
DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm
First look at Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner in ‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’.
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@DanDany926 @PumaChairo Las primeras dos Dune son totalmente en digital, creo que esas escenas son de una Alexa Mini LF en open gate 3x2.
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@PumaChairo Lo que hace especial a IMAX no es el 4:3 sino el uso del cuadro completo de película 70mm, en vez de estar colocado cada cuadro en vertical, lo está en horizontal, por lo que al momento de capturar la imagen está tendrá muchísima más información y tendrá una definición muy alta.
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Primero nos convencieron de que el formato 4:3 era mierda, que lo mero verga era el widescreen, luego cambiaron todas las salas de cine a widescreen y ahora resulta que nos ponen pinches recortes de un formato cuadrado y nos dicen que la verdadera experiencia es IMAX.
Miguel Araiza@miguelaraizac
La diferencia entre widescreen tradicional y IMAX del trailer de Dune 3
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